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Thx Dallas News seems to be alarmed
ior the Democratic party and says the
Democrats of Chicago and Cincinnati
went to pieces as a party By parity of
reasoning the Republicans went to
pieces in Rhode Island and are
going to
pieces in Michigan for the Democrats
carried the former state the other day
and in Michigan the Republican vote was
reduced The solicitude of the News li
very touching but Democracy will live
while liberty dwells in the land
The Alliance cotton and grain yard
project is one pregnant with good results
to Fort Worth and Tarrant county
Everything that tends to build up the
city is also a power for good to the
county The growth cf the city means
better local market and prices for the
countys products The county desires
to locate the yard here and the city will
aid in the movement because it will be of
material benefit to the trade of the city
and tend to strengthen that harmony be
tween city and county without which
neither can reap all the good possible
with unity and amity
NEWSFAFEJiS AND LEG ISLA
TUBES
The customary postadjournment crit
icisms are now being circulated in the
newspapers of the state but The Ga
zette notes with pleasure that the carp
ing critics are much fewer in number than
usual Even the decayed chestnut that
tli Legislature has adjourned and the
people rejoice found place in less than
a dozen newspapers No man can
read the record of the work performed by
the Twentieth Legislature as It is being
daily printed in The Gazette without
conceding to the body from which the
work emanated intelligence industry
fidelity and patriotism The work speaks
for itself and for the men who performed
it That work will stand the test of com
parison with any similar work of any sim
ilar body The people will read the rec
ord of the work done by the men sent to
Austin and the people will resent unjust
or reckless comment on the work per
formed or
the work
read the
on the men who performed
Let the newspaper cavilers
record of the work of
the Twentieth
readers what
of omission and
and tell their
were the sins
commission of that
body The people are reading It and
they will judge the Legislature by its
work and not by what newspapers may
say of the work or the members News
papers may depend on it that the people
generally are now reading more than at
any previous time and the people will
know when newspapers are laboring
under1 a misapprehension of facts and
when they are but carping critics
It is neither expected nor desirable
that the press shall blindly commend and
indorse that would be subserviency
despicable and dangerous but news
papers should be fair and honest and
just The influence of newspapers in
Texas is being restricted by a class of
men whose highest conception of jour
nalistic criticism is to salivate public
men with or without cause This con
ception of duty is born of egotism when
not due to youth or ignorance and so
it happens the people of Texas
have come to regard newspapers as
wouldbe bosses or corrupt or asses
In its own behalf the press should
muzzle its dogmatists and smart men
and put aside the sin which doth so
easily beset us all that ol dealing with
public men and public servants as if they
had no claim to justice or fairness or
honesty Very often it is the duty of
newspapers mthe public interest to set
down on political adventurers quacks
and demagogues but when a body of
public servants demonstrate in their work
their faithful performance of puolic
trusts it is worse than folly for a news
paper tc put its ipse dixit in the scales
against the record of that performance
The Gazette had Its differences with
the Twentieth Legislature but it would
be manifestly unjustaud unwise to ignore
all the splendid work done by that body
simply because it did not enact a law
this paper favored or because it did
enact a law this paper opposed or be
cause there were legislators who op
pealed to the ignorance of their fellow
members on certain measures The Leg
islature was not elected to do the will of
any newspaper but to represent the will
of the people and while it is an obliga
tion upon newspapers to discuss laws
proposed or enacted to the end that the
people may have all the information at
tainable it can only hurt the press itself
to condemn without reason Thk Ga
zette believes that the new land law will
be a demonstrated failure before the end
of the present admrnistration and this
paper does not think that even in some
stronger governments would rulers have
dared to empower a prosecuting officer
with authority to institute trials hung
dreds of miles distant from the sceiuj of
the offense but because we criticize this
law shall we shut our eyes to a record
running through our columns and
bearing unimpeachable testimony to the
efficient work done by the men who
composed the Twentieth Legislature
No one can find fault with newspaper
comment and criticism when not indis
criminate and the press should in its
own interest specify that law deemed bad
and name that member who voted against
laws deemed good and not consign all
the work end all the members to a
sweeping condemnation as unmerited as
it is unwise
IS
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN KANSAS
On last Tuesday in Kansas every wo
man twentyone years old of sound
mind etc was as free to vote in the
municipal elections held that day as the
lcrds of creation who have heretofore
had a monopoly of the voting privilege
It was the first trial Kansas has made of
woman suffrage and therefore
extent experimental To read
counts of the voting it would
experiment was not a brilliant
to some
the ac
seem the
success
that is if a general turnout of the newly
enfranchised was a test of success It
seems that the ladies prior to
tion registered very freely and talked
bravely about what they were going to
do on election day but when
the time came for exercising their priv
ilege a very large percentage weakened
and did not go the polls at all Of those
who did go we are told in the dry humor
cf the Associated Press telegrams that
most of them voted as their husbands
did Most of the lady voters were of
course married women in fact nearly
iro per cent must have been wives or
widows for there are few women who
reach the age of twentyone years with
out yielding to some mans persuasions
that it Is better to be a wife than live un
wedded This feature of voting as the
husband does is probably all right and
we shall not argue it The chief
point of interest is that on this first op
portunity of exercising a newly acquired
privilege so novel and so important to
as voting that so many of the Kansas
women were disinclined to utilize it
No doubt the natural timidity of the sex
had much to do with their course and
herein lies one of the greatest objections
to conferring the suffrage upon women
that those who by reason of their char
acter and intelligence ought to vote
will stay away from the polls and
permit their sex to be represented
there by women whose influence and
aspirations are not calculated to better
society in any way and whose votes will
therefore assist the very element male
into office that ought to be kept cut If
women are to vote at all it is the best of
the stx who ought to do so and if woman
suffrage is continued in Kansas the good
and pure women will find out ere long
that they must go to the polls en masse
and put in their votes with the best ele
ment of male voters or the system will
soon grow to be a nuisance and a menace
to reputable orderly local government
They will have to vote in selfdefence
m EH 11
THE BALLOTS
Longview Tex April 101SS7
To the Editor of the Gazette
I notice in reading the prohibition amend
ment act thHt in the various newspapers the
words or printed are left out the sentence
reading thus The words for the amendment
or against the amendment shall be written
etc If this be the text It will cause a great
deal cf trouble and annoyance as of course
all prlncd ballots would e Illegal Will The
Gazeite please Inform the public if the words
or printed are in the text of the act
W VT Wood
The following is the amendment pro
posed
Section 1 Be it resolved by the House of
Representatives of the State of Texas the Sen
ate concurring that bectlon 20 of article 16 of
the constitution be so amended as to read as
follows towit
Sec 20 The manufacture sale and exchange
of intoxicating llquora except for medical
mechanical and scientific purposes is hereby
prohibited in the 6tate of Texas The Legisla
ture shall at the first session held after the
adoption of this aTendment enact necessary
laws to put this provision into effect
Sec 2 The foregoing constitutional amend
ment shah be submitted to a vote of the quali
fied electors of fe state of Texas at an elec
tion to be held for that purpose on the first
Thursday In August ISaT At which election all
voters favoring said proposed amendment
shall write on their ballots the words For the
amendment and those opposed to said amend
ment shall write on their bal ots Against the
amendment The Governor oJ the state Is
hereby dl ected to Issue the necessary publica
tion for said election under the existing elec
tion laws of the state
The amendment as printed above was
published in The Gazette of April 2
from a printed copy forwarded to this
paper by its Austin correspondent We
presume the above to be the true text of
the resolution and it says voters shall
xcrUc11 on their ballots for the amend
ment or against the amendment The
election laws provide that In all elec
tions by the people the vote shall be by
ballot which ballot may either be writ
ten or printed or written in part or
printed in part It will be noted also
that the resolution concludes by directing
the Governor to issue the necessary pub
lication for said election under the exist
ing election laws of the state
VERMONT EARTHQUAKE
iro Distinct Shocks at Burlington The
Feople Badly Frightened
Bulington YtApril 11 Two shocks
of earthquake occurred here yesterday
afternoon The first was rather light at
about 230 and the second was ten min
utes later The second shock was very
heavy resembling a concussion from a
large gun followed by a jar of fifteen
seconds duration Doors and windows
rattled and those living in the third
story of blocks say the buildings seemed
to sway to and fro The people ran into
the streets in a panic many supposing
that a terrific explosion had occurred
near by
THE WEEKLY GAZETTE FORT WOKTH TEXAS FiilDAX APIL 15
it
Two
ALL ABOUT WHISKY
Is Being Made In the United States at
the Bate of 300000 Gallons a Day
Omaha Herald
The distilleries of the country are very
active just now There are over 500 of
them now running nearly 650 in fact
and they are turning out intoxicants at
the rate of over 300000 gallons a day
They are using over 75000 bushels of
corn a day and over 7000 gallons of
molasses daily This is the busy time
of tne year with the distillers Dur
ing this month and next there
will be running between 600 and
700 distilleries in the country
Six months from now there will be no
more than a couple of hundred of them
running though there are 1200 of them
in the country These G50 now at work
are the legitimate ones that is to say
those who pay taxes and report to the
government the business they do Be
sides that number there are a lot of them
running illegitimately moonshining
The fund provided for the prevention
of illicit distilling by the last Congress
has nearly given out and the dis
tillers know it Youraverage moon
shiner is a pretty shrewd fellow and he
manages in some way to keep posted on
the workings of the department The
money for the detection of moonshiners
and for breaking up their stills ran low
several weeks ago and the department
was unable to respond to the demands of
the revenue officers for more deputies
The distillers caught on to the situation
and the result is that moonshiners are be
ginning to be very active in Kentucky
Tennessee Northern Alabama Georgia
and North Carolina
Georgia is making more whisky todav
than any other state Her 150 distilleries
now running are turning out 100000 gal
lons of Bourbon wniaky daily Six
months from now there will not be half
this number running and they will only
be turning out perhaps 20000 gallons a
the elec dav North Carolina has the largest num
ber of distilleries the number now run
ning in that state being something over
200 Yet they do not turn out over 2000
gallons a day an average of less than ten
gallons upiece Ou the other hand Illi
nois with only eighteen distilleries turns
out 80000 gallons a day and does that
tne year ground Illinois makes more
whisky than any other state in tne Union
She turns out nearly 25000000 gallons a
yearwhile Kentucky makes but 15000000
gallons The Illinois distilleries run
about the same all the year round while
the Kentucky fellows shut down in the
summer It would be more nearly cor
rect to say that Illinois makes more
spirits than any other state for really
very little of the article that is turned
out from the distilleries of the state is
whisky
Nearly all that the big distillers now
make is known tc the trade as Cologne
spirits This article is about the same
as alcohol except that it is even more
absolute in its purity than alcohol When
these big distilleries that make the Col
ogne spirits begin running off the pro
ducts of their mashtubs they run the
first part as alcohol It has a light tinge
of color and is not as absolute in its
purity asthat which follows later on The
operator watches the stream of liquor as
it comes from the tub and as he sees it
becomes absolutely pure turns it into an
other tank and it is termed Cologne spir
its This is the highest grade of distilled
spirits so pure that it is absolutely
colorless and odorless It is concen
trated drunkness and when it is wanted
to be transformed into whisky it Is re
duced to about onehalt its strength with
water some burnt sugar put in to give it
a color some glucose added to make it
smooth and oily like old whisky and it
passts for the real article Many a sup
posed connoisseur has smacked his
lips over alleged twentyyear
old whisky and pronounced it the
finest in the country when the article he
was complimenting was Cologne spirits
only a month old flavored witn glucose
and burnt sugar On the whole how
ever the wnisky of today is not the
revenue people say as hurtful as that
turned out by the whisky makers twenty
years ago The chemical changes which
were then performed by a dangerous acid
are now produced by other means and
some of the poisons which destroyed the
stomachs of whisky drinkers then are not
to be found in the cup now
WINTER WHEAT
Drouth in Ohio Indiana Illinois Kansas
and Missouri
Chicago III April 10 Following is
the weekly crop summrryof the Farmers
Review Complaints of drouth now
come from all parts of the winter wheat
belt and are especially numerous in Ohio
Indiana Illinois Kansas and Missouri
In nearly every county of Illinois the
reports indicate that the ground is
dry and together with the prevalence
of cold winds has retarded the growth
and has caused some injury to growiug
grain In Johnson Wayne and White
counties grain is looking poor In
Champaign Clay Clinton Crawford Ef
lingham and Gallatin counties the crop is
described as in fair condition while in
Brown Fulton Green Hardin Hamil
ton Ilancock Kankakee Maaison Pu
laski Stephens and Wabash counties
despite the need of rain the prospects
are still excellent
In Knox and Montgomery counties In
diana the crop shows injury from the
drouth and cold winds In Carroll
Clarke Clay Crawford Elkhart Foun
tain Gibson Jay La Grange Monroe
Morgan and Vermillion counties the
prospects are still regarded as favorable
In Ashtabula Ada and Hancock coun
ties Ohio the wheat Adds show injury
but in Coshote Darke Hocking Huron
Jackson Lucas Montgomery and San
dusky the outlook is favorable for nearly
an average crop
In Ellis and Lyon counties Kansas
considerable grain has been plowed
under having been winter killed The
crop is reported as looking badly in
Ellsworth Jewell and Pawnee counties
but is still in fair condition in Anderson
Butler Cherokee Cowley Crawford
Jefferson McPherson Miami and Wash
ington counties
The winter wheat in the southern tier
of counties in Michigan continues to look
poor
Reports from Missouri while desiring
rain are nearly all of a favorable tenor
Spring seeding has commenced in Illi
nois Iowa and Nebraska but not under
favorable conditions owing to the dry
weather
s
A GEORGIA SENSATION
Sortsin Law Accused of Murdering
Their Wives Father
Atlanta Ga April 11 Two sonsin
law of the late Seaborn Sheffield of Wel
lington were confined in the Early county
jail last night on indictment by the grand
jury charging them with the murder of
their fatherinlaw Sheffield was a man
of unbridled passion in his youth
Later he adopted his two illegitimate
girls and gave them a good education
The girls subsequently married R Law
rence and Benjamin Taliafero sons of re
spectable fathers Sheffield then took in
his house a mulatto son John Sheffield
who became a noted criminal and cattle
thief The father indulged his colored
i
son to such an extent that his fortune it
was feared would be dissipated Because
of this fear Sheffield and his daughters
fell out and then the assassination of
Sheffield was reported Suspicion at once
fell on the sonsinlawwho in turn tried
to fasten the crime on the mulatto son
who was asleep in the room with Sheffield
at the time he was shot Rewards were
offered by the state and local authorities
for the arrest of the murderer but
all apparently to no purpose The grand
jury upon looking into the matter last
week caused the rre > t of te young men
Lawrence and Talliaferro They will be
called for trial Tuesday and some lively
developments are promised The senti
ment of the county is in favor of tne
young men It is allegod that Sheffield
had threatened to disinherit his daughters
in favor of his negro son
HIS HAREM SLAVES
The Five Thousand Guards of Chinas
Young Emperor
Pekin Cor Paris Journal
I have been told that there are about
5000 male slaves in the Chinese Emperors
palace a figure which it is of course
very difficult to control The number
however must be large since that class
of individuals is alone called upon to fill
posts which everywhere else are
usually given to men The business is to
keep sharp watch over the Emperors
harem an institution of no great service
for the time being since His Majesty is
yet a minor out in view of its becoming
serviceable some day and to pay meet
homage to the rites of religion
The Empress selects the young beauties
admitted into this Chinese seraglio and
she has to renew the personnel every
tnree years These young ladies are
recruited among the best families of
the Muchou officers who look upon the
honor cf having the prettiest of their
daughters in the imperial harem as a
means of attaining high rank These
young ladies make their debut at the age
of fourteen and remain inside the harem
until they are twentyfive years old If
in the interval they have given birth to
offspring they by right become
daughters of the imperial blood and
remain bound with the fate of the
child for he may become a son of
Heaven and sovereign heir to 10000
kingdoms If on the other hand the
young lady reaches the ag of 25 without
yielding increase to the imperial house
hold she is sent home to her illustrious
parents and honestly weds a Madarin of
the place
The legal exconcubine of the Emperor
is honored as a person of high rank hav
ing held at court the most exalted
position The Emperor is entitled to
seven only of these legal concubines but
the number of illegal ones placed at his
disposal is unlimited That accounts
for the large number of guardian
eunuchs engaged to watch over and serve
all these seraglio princesses who are
placed under the vigilant superintendence
of the Empress
Such manners appear very strange to us
at first sight but genuine Chinamen
who hold out staunchly for ancer
tral worship find them practical
and good and ascribe to them the re
sults that Chinese civilization has attain
ed They cannot imagine how a nation
can be endowed with better manners if it
hopes to endure as long as the ages The
throne and family are thus never without
heirs This institution of eunuchs is not
of Chinese origin It was imported say
the learned trom Arabia and Persia
by a renowned Chinese conqueror It
was at once adopted at the court of the
Mogul sovereigns and has ever since re
tained in spite of varying success a por
tion of that occult influence which Orient
als are so passionately ready to stand up
for and defend
1 M3
Dlaxey to Oibbs
THE EXSENATOR WILL VOTE FOR THE
AMENDMENT
Pakis Tax April 5 lSbV
Hon B Glbbs Dallas Tex
Sin I have the hohor to acknowledge
receipt of a communication under date
Austin 4th mst signed by a committee
advising me that a meeting was held in
Austin 30th ult the object of which was
to call a convention to meet in Dallas in
May prox to set forth clearly and un
equivocally
1 The time honored and cardinal prlnolrles
of the Democratic party from Jefferson down
to the present time viz opposition to all
forms of sumptuary jeglslation
2 vigorous and well organized campaign
aalnst the proposed prohibition amendment
to the constitution
I am invited to be present and to ad
dress the convention The first proposi
tion in the communication couples with
the second and assumes
I That the prohibition amendment to the
constitution to be submitted to a vote cf the
people Is a form of sumptuary legislation
2 That the believers in the Democratic prin
ciples taught by Thomas Jefferson mould
therefore oppose the amendment and as a log
ical conclusion that the Democratic party
should opp se it tor that party and that only
as a political party adheres to Jeffersonlan
Democracy
The two resolutions are based on the
assumption contained in the first that
the proposed amendment is in the nature
of sumptuary legislation
I do not so regard it The state of
Texas has complete power over the whole
question as an inegral part of the great
police powers never granted to the gen
eral government The police powers of
the btate are wholly distinct and apart
from sumptuary legislation
As the people of Texas have the lawful
power in the mode and manner pre
scribed by the cqnsi Ution to adopt or
reject the proposed amendment I pro
pose as a Jefferhonian Democrat to
abide by what Mr Jefferson laid down as
a cardinal principal of democracy to
wit Absolute acquiescence in the de
cisions of the majority the vital prin
ciple of republics from which there is no
appeal but to force the vital principle
and immediate parent oi despotism
Second Manifestly the propositions
assume that the Democratic party as
such should oppose this amendment
The phraseology leaves no doubt cm
tiis point As a Democrat I would re
gard the expression at Dallas precisely as
I regard that at Waco as in no wise
authoritative or binding on the Demo
cratic party
That party should not suffer itself to be
dragged into this controversy
The only real question involved m the
proposed amendment is Is its adoption
expedient
On this the wisest and purest men in
the state differ Democrats of ability
intelligence and integrity differ
The Democratic party as such has
nothing and ought to have nothing to do
with the question As citizens let every
man exercise his best judgment and vote
accordingly
I propose to exercise my right as a citi
zen and whilst I do not have the confi
dence which some have in the efficiency
of the measure to the full extent claimed
for it I will in the interest of good mor
als peace and prosperity resolve the
doubt in favor of that side which seeks
the greatest good to the greatest number
and vote for the amendment Very re
spectfully Signed 4Sl B MAxyr
The dank and decaying vegetation of
regions newly clearedjof timber exposed
to the rays of thiefnn is sure to breed
malaria Dr J ItSJMcLeans Chills and
Fever Cure by raild md gentle action
will radically cure 60fetmts a bottle
X
CELEBEITIES AT HOME
Cliarig Yen Hoon the Chinese Minister
April at tho Capitol In Du
pont Circle
Stewart Castle Denizens Unique Interiors
Legation People At the Theater
Social Life
CHANG YEN HOON
The always beautiful West End is daily
getting livilier and a stroll through that
section is almost a dream of deLght Up
near the Chinese Legation it is already
charming Walaing through Dupont cir
cle the other day I saw a little picture
that could hardly be duplicated outside
of the Celestial empire In one of the
more sequestered nooks of the park were
about a dozen of the Chinese attaches in
pig tails and petticoats Some of them
were big and fat withjarge round moon
like faces and lounjecflazily about on the
cenches while others lean and nimble
danced and frollicked and skipped about
like merry little girls at play tneir rat
like voices rising and falling in shrill
cadence It is a sight familiar to the resi
dents of the neighborhood Tne park is
the Chinese play ground and in the sum
mer you are aimost sure to fiad scmeo
them there
Over across the way just fronting the
circle is the legation building more gen
erally known as Castle Stewart It is a
grim old structure which locks some
vhat like a church a little like a castle
with its rouid tower and colored win
dows and less like a private residence
than anything else Yet this latter was
the purpose for which it was built It
was erected by Senator Stewart of
Nevad when he served that state n the
Senate many years ago lie wa3 at ttat
time much richer than nowbut I hear that
he has regained much of his lost fortunes
and now that ne has returned to the Sen
ate I would not be surprised if be would
buy back his old home It would be well
for it if some progressive American would
get possession for the building is in
wretched repair and looks as if it werji
twice as old as it really is The British
Legation was built about the same time
and looks just as fresh and new today as
on the day it was finished
these two buildings stood almost alone lrr1
a desolate waste of swamp and stubble
Now they stand in the midst of the most
fashionable section of the capital
But though the exterior of the house is
hardly as magnificent as of old you for
get all about it when once you enter It
is oy far the most unique interior in
Washington and the Chm maniac might
spend days in studying and feasting his
eyes on the beautiful display thut orna
ments the rooms of the spacious mansion
To the right of the hallway jjs you eater
the front door are the parlors and recep
tion rooni3 Pushing back tne heavy and
beautiful embroidered portieres you pass
into the parlor It is the most magnifi
cent apartment in the house The walls
are hung with Chinese drapery of peculiar
textuie embroidered with maxims taken
fr m the works of Confucius ahti all
about set massive Oriental vasgsH of
unique design There are screen s aW
rugs in gold and blue scarlet and a cotj
lection of bricabrac that could scarcely < j
bd equaled m America
You can pass from the parlors into the
library by going tnrough a narrow li Ue
hall I havf been in many libraries in ray
life but I can say that never have I en
tered one exactly like this The room
might almost be described as an octogon
it has so many little nooks and crannies
There are odd looking bookcases filled
with rare and valuable manuscripts and
a number of cabinets of beautiful work
manship in which are richly bound edit
ions of the Chinese classics This room
is the Ministers piivate office and stran
gers rarely have a chance to enter it
Passing still further toward the back of
the mansion we come to the ballroom
pjrhsps the largest and most elegant in
tne city and the scene of some uf
the most brilliant entertainments ever
given in Washington Though the Min
ister is not a frequent entertainer him
self he is always ready to put his house
at the disposal of the society ladles of
Washington Every season however he
gives a grand ball for which over 1000
invitations are issued The last occasion
of this kind is still fresh in the public
mind on account cf the behavior of the
guests
There is
worth liugering in
wdsaa
till another apartment well
This is the smoking
room that heaven of the Celestial of
every degree It is luxuriously furnished
with divans and mats and sofas and rugs
of every conceivable design and color
There is not much regard for taste com
fort seems to be the object sought after
and certainly gained In a large and
curious cabinet you will be shown a
strange and varied collection of pipe3 It
is a little museum in itself in the matter
of smokers goods I thought I saw a
substance that looked like opium but I
wont be certain
The smokingroom is the
general
lounging place of the house Here you
can find a majority of the fifteen men
who make up the legation at all hours of
the day smoking dozing drinking de
licious tea every half hour and leading
in the whole a delightfully lazy life In
the evening they generally go to the
theater of which they are passionately
fond You can see them almost any
night in a box dressed in their cool
loosefitting costumes and looking the
aj res
the court shall
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April is one of the pleasantest months
of the Washington year though withal a
little inclined to be treacherous One is
apt to be surprised with a young blizzard
after an ideal day but he has the consola
tion of knowing that it will not last long
o he is not inclined to murmer Under
the magic influence of bright sunshine and
gentle showers the myriad trees that line
the broad avenues cf the capital put forth
their tender shoots the song birds return
from their migrations the grass in the
parks is fresh and tgreen and all nature
wears a changed face Old winter is
thoroughly vanquished and spring wel
come and radiant comes smiling to take
its place And it is welcome not only
here but exerywhere The belle tired
out with the seasons round of gayeties
the statesman wearied with we know not
what the department clerk thinking of
his coming vacation are all glad that it
has come
picture of happiness and contentment
Perhaps no one but the interpreter and
translater can understand what is going
on but they do not allow this
small matter to interfere with
their enjoyment of the play They ap
plaud vociferously but not always in a
timely manner I remember one even
ing some time ago sitting near them at
the theater During one of the parts an
actress on the stage lit a cigarette She
was evidently not an expert the smoke
went the wrong way and she choked The
occupants of the Chinese box went off
like a pack cf fire crackers the epidemic
spread and soon the whole audience was
in a roar of laughter The 200 pound
Secretary of the Legation laughed so hard
at one time that I thought he was going
to have a fit
The present members of the Chinese
Legation are a very handsome intelli
gent body of men Including the ser
vants there are about thirty of them
and they seem to enjoy life like so mauv
children The incidents of their life in
this country seem to have a perfect fas
cination for them They goto the circu5
balls receptions and dinners and follow
u fact every form of life with the most
THE CHINESE LEGATION
supreme delight During the social
season they are faithful devotees of so
ciety and promptly return every call and
rapturously accept every in itation sent
them Taken all in ell the sum and sub
stance of Chinese diplomacy In this coun
try appears to lie in the direction of hav
ing a good time
Chang Yen Hoon the Minister how
ever is credited with being a man of un
usual ability He is a soldier by profes
sion and for repeated gallantry in subdu
ing a nnmber of rebellions in the prov
inces he was promoted first to the rank
of Tastai Expetant and then made En
voy Extrordmary to the United States
Spain and Peru which positions he now
holds He is much more dignified and
leserved than his associates and is rarely
seen in public He does not speak a
word of English however and whenever
he goes out is accompanied by his trans
lator and interpreter besides a retinue of
servants in glittering livery
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It is a Curious Face
That the oc ly is now mo C susceptible to
benefit frora medicine that at any other
season iiencethe jiniportance of taking
Hoods Sarsapariga now when it will do
you the most gp aT t is really wonder
ful for purifying and enriching the blood
creating an appetite ancPgIving a healthv
tone to ihejhole system insure to get
Hoods Sarsapanlla which is trecfuliar to
itself
VHUo Pajs the BUI
Waco Day
The law provides that the interstate
commission shall regulate the railroads
but up to date the railroads have been
trying to regulate the commission What
ever may happen the long haul will
never again be what it has been and con
sumers will pay the extra toll
Bucklena Arnica Salve
The best salve injjhe world for cuts
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sqres tetter chli p d hands chilblaifls
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For sale by
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Dakota Prairie Flrea
Madison D T April 10 Imra ns l
prairie fires burned over the south half of
Lake county last night Some twenty
five farmers lost their houses barns
stock and grain Francis Keller was
burned to death between his burning
house and barn The Madison fire de
partment was called cut to protect the
town from fire coming from the west be
fore a wind blowing forty miles an hour
Reports from various points in North and
Central Dakota say rain has fallen this
afternoon and tonight for the first
time in many months greatly improvin
crop prospects and removing the
of prairie fires
danger
Young or nnddle3ged men suffering
fronyiervous debility and kindred weak
nesses kouldsendten cens in srmps
fojvlargli treatise gipg successfat tireat
m5nt VorllGin Dispensary Medics Vsso
ciatibii Buffalo Y Jf
To Uu Pasted In the Bible
The books of the Old TestamenrSSO
Words In the Old Testament 592430
Letters in the Old Testament 2728
100The
The books in the New Testament 27
The cnapters in the New Testament
2G0Verses
Verses in the New Testament 7959
WGrds in tne New Testament 181 253
Letters in th > Njw Testament 83S380
Tne ApocopaU has chapters 1S3
Thd Apocrypaia has veraes 7081
Tne Apocryphia has words 152185
The middle chapter and shortest in the
Bible is Psalm cxvii
The middle verse is the 8th of Psalm
cxvii
The word and occurs in the Old Tes
tament 35513 times
Tne word Jehovah occurs 6SC5 times
The word and occurs in the New
Testament 10004 times
The middle oook of the Old Testament
is Proverbs
The middle chapter of the Old Testa
ment is Job 29
The middle verse of the Old Testament
the Central Pacific Railroad
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CHARTERED
The Colored lrf > i Star Stat Fair Asaop jF
Hon nn lacorporated Institution
The State of Texas
County of Tarrant
Know All Men by thceO Presents
That we Wm M McDonald J
Johnson John H MHKdge S W Wc
ard T W Wilbonrn B P Johnson a
Z C Brooks citizens o f the conn
Tarrant state of Texas d o by these
ents farm ourselves intj i body p
and corporate
1 For the purpose of shoving al
agricultural mechanical and educat
improvements of the colore 1 pe
since the emancjoation
2 That the name of said afocia
shall be The Colored Lone StaV S
Fair Associati6n of the state of Tvas
This association shall have an exss
of fifty years and its busines snai
transacted in the stats of Texas for
first year Its principal cilice shah
located in Fort Worth Tex for the f
year There shall be stven directors
this association William M McDon
B B Johnson S W Woodard Z
Brooks J D Johnson T W Wiibo
aud John Milledge hall constitute
board of directors for the first year
This association shall have a cap
stock of twentyfive thousand 525 1
dollar to be divided in two hundted i
fifty 250 shares eacn share represc
ing SlOO
The board of directors shall have a
thority to make such rules and regu
tions as shall be deemed necessary for
government of the association
In testimony whereof we have hemi
set our hands this 5th dsv of A
A D 18S7
Signed Wm M McDonali
JD Johnson
T W Wilfourn
Thk Stvtk ok Tkxvs
Before me
public in and
The
County of Tarrant
G W Aexadder a uoti
for Tarrant county Tt
on this day personally appeared Wlh
M McDonald J D Johnson aud T
Wilbourn known to me to be the perbi
whose names are subscribed to the L
going instrument of writiug and ackno
edged to me that they had executed t
same for the purposes and consideratu
therein expressed
Given under my hand and official
on this the Gth day of April A D 1S > 7
Signed G W Alkxandbr
Notary Public Tarrant CountyTexas
indorsxu
Charter the Colored Lone Star S n
Fair Association Filed in the Depar
ment of State April 7 A D 18vS7
Signed J H Moore
Secretary of State
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Spiritualisms Anniversary
St Louis Globe Democrat
Thirtynine years ago almost to a d
modern spiritualism came into existed
and anniversary meetings and servic
are being held in almost every civili
countryin the world Various estima
have been made as to the number of g
uine believers in the possibility of c
munication between things spiritual a
things mundane but the figure is up
the millions No faith or sect hs been
hampered by quacks frauds and imp
tori out the number of mediums w
have been detected in trickery is vr
small indeed compared with the nuur
who have defied criticism and it is a
a significant fact that those wno are
loudest ia their denunciation of t
thrity nineyearold wonder are th <
who have never inquired into its m >
teries or investigated the methods of
exp jnents The list of scientists a
eminent men who are believers is oae
the most remarkable features otspiritu
istic literature
ALTAR A3D TOXB
Gazettes Kecord of 4he 3larrlftg
and IJeatha In T xaH
MARRIAGES
J R Lilliman and Miss Mamie Boc
Mineola April G
A M Stone and Miss V L Johnso
Marshall April 7
John F Marshall and Miss Valie Cam
bell Bryan April 7
Jesse Frankliu Jr and Miss sBelz
Bowen near Springtowu April 7
N O Godbold and Miss Mary Dampc
Uvalde April G
J J Walker and Miss Texaaa Daast
Houston April 4
B XL Rice and Miss Mary Carter Mi
lie April G
U1I O James and Miss MaryRusst
Austin April G
R II Snead and Miss Nora Belt
Denton April G
0 B Robertson and Miss Susie Mill
Waclder March 30
C V Wisdom and Miss Gamier B
ton April G
John Campbell and Miss Jennie SniaV
Cleburne April G
Moses Shlosbergand Miss SalheMay
Cleburne April G
John Carlot and Miss IdaHutton Den
son April G
J C Dunn and Miss Belle Stovall Tt
rell April 3
deaths
John T Barrack AustinApril 1
Mrs Elizabeth Dawson BehonApril
Mrs May L Jefferies Killeen April
Mrs N T Duncan Groesbeck April
Mrs J C Coulson Groesbeck Apri
J G Woldert Tyler April 3
Mrs A P Thurston Dalas April G
C H SkillmanSulphurSpringsApr
Miss Maggie Bell Sulphur Spring
April i
is 2 Chronicles
i
chapter
The shortest verse m the
17th
Old
verse
Testa
ment is I Chronicles 1st chapter 25th
verse
The longest verse in the Old Testament
ia Esther 8th chapter 9th verse
The middle book of the New Testament
Is 2 Thessalonions
The middle chapters of the New Testa
ment are Romans 13th and 14th
The middle verse of the New Testament
is Acts 17th chapter and 17th verse
The shortest verse in the New Testa
ment is John 11th chapter 35th verse
Mrs Marion Todd is a successful law
ver in Albion Mich Her first case was
conductor
Sanders Walker Mexia April 3
Mrs W P Johes Fannin count
April 2
John H Wallace Gay Hill April 7
Mrs E Blailler Dallas April 7
Judge J T Johnson Dallas April 7
Mrs Alice Fielder Kemp April G
Isaac Beck Pilot Point April 3
G P Martin near Gilmer April 1
R C Anthony New Hope April 3 5
acta
r
Sidney Bartlett one of Bostons b
known lawyers is eightyeight years oi
yet his bodily strength is little impair
and he is said never to have exhibitt
greater intellectual vigor than in a rect
argument in an important case that
was conducting
DEAR ERO 3 e K i
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i5 onyone w jsuff
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for a railroad agamsj jbea
corporation and she won it She ilgpx J
prosecuting j 25000 i tal h i
he near approach of the
ion makes it an impera
y that the rule require
read on three several
and it is therefore S4
March 301SS7
Catlettsburg Ky
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remedy forSlck Iltidache If you will ust
remedy that y oH advertise in your paier e i
wefik1 am snrjgoti vrlil he greatly benefit
thereby and I fiolleve cure I have been
sufferer from Sick Headache Incan say aim1
from Infancy and havetried ev y remed
iould get ana nggerfound anything to do
any good untilItSed SlmmonsLiver Kegulau
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it anaSl have not had Sick Headache sine
and T neve tuj5tTbut two snd onehalf pa
ages othe Regulator I sent my sister w
hadir 62nonf T tacks of Sick llendac
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